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Recent Examples of sea serpent
Viewers have already seen glimpses of the premiere, which involves Aang and Katara subduing a sea serpent while guiding refugees across a treacherous path.
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Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
And what’s the deal with that sea serpent?
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
2 Dec. 2025
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Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
And what’s the deal with that sea serpent?
—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
2 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sea serpent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea serpent
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Robotic sea snake Maintaining underwater infrastructure such as oil platforms and subsea pipelines is both costly and risky.
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Oil that is on the surface is harmful to animals that come up to the surface to breathe, such as dolphins, sea turtles and sea snakes.
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The garter snakes survive Manitoba's severe winters by hibernating in a network of limestone crevasses and caverns below the frost line.
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Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says.
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The dusky pygmy rattlesnake and coral snake can be found everywhere in Florida, except in the Florida Keys.
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According to a study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, more bats and birds will steer clear of wind turbines when their blades are painted with colors similar to animals like venomous coral snakes and poison dart frogs.
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According to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, only four of Florida's six venomous snake species can be found in southern portions of the state — the cottonmouth, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the dusky pygmy rattlesnake and the coral snake.
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In terms of raw potency, Gila monster venom is roughly comparable to that of the western diamondback rattlesnake.
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Among the common non-venomous snakes found around here are garter, rat and bull snakes.
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According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.
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Team representative Ruth Pintner has since told the Charlotte Observer in an email that the snake was not a copperhead but a non-venomous water snake.
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The German Football Association told PEOPLE that the snake Kimmich spotted near a creek ended up being a non-venomous water snake.
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Though gopher snakes can grow up to 9 feet in some rare cases.
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When threatened, gopher snakes often flatten their heads and hiss loudly, mimicking rattlesnakes to deter predators.
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.
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His work is helping scientists get a better understanding of rare snake species like timber rattlesnakes and smooth green snakes.
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“Sea serpent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20serpent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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